hi gunter > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:55:02 +0200 > > From: "a.l.e" <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> > > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net> > > Subject: Re: [scribus] Rendering issue in Scribus 1.3.9 > > Message-ID: <5031ED56.1030403 at xox.ch> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > hi gunter, > > > Rendering issue in Scribus 1.3.9 > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have a rendering issue with Scribus 1.3.9. > > > > > > I added a trapezoid with the line drawing tool of a graphics > > > editor to a > > .png file. > > > > > > The trapezoid looks good in this .png file and this graphics > > > editor and > > when I open it in a web browser. > > > > > > After importing the .png file to Scribus, the trapezoid is shown > > > as a > > sequence of line sections with interrupting black background. > > > > > > This "broken" presentation is even exported to .pdf. > > > > > > Is this a known bug? > > > > > > Is there a simple workaround, which I could use without having to > > > change > > my Scribus installation? > > > > > > > basically: png does not know anything about lines... there are only > > dots which are in different colors. > > > > i've tried to load the png you attached in my copy of scribus and > > did not see any difference from what i'm seeing in the browser. > > > > the pdf you have attached shows a very low resolution version of > > your image. it's a bad image. probably resampled to .jpg. > > > > so, all in all, to fix your problem: > > - enable the fine preview for this image in scribus (it's in the > > context menu) > > - don't compress the image to .jpg when exporting to pdf > > - create an image with enough resolution for the size you want to > > print (150 dpi should be fine) > > > > have a nice day > > a.l.e > > Hi a.l.e., > > thank you very much for your answer! > > The PDF file is in a very low resolution, as otherwise it were not > accepted by the list server due to its length ( more than 250 kByte ). > > Inspite of it the PDF file shows correctly the rendering issue, which > I have at the moment with embedding the given .png file. > > This rendering issue is independent of the quality of the preview > parameter low / normal / high resolution. > > I see the broken lines in the trapezoid of this .png picture in the > very moment, when I place it inside Scribus - and this artefact is > exported to the PDF file too. > > If I convert the .png file to a .tif or .jpg file, my rendering issue > is not changed at all. > > I could have an issue with my GraficConverter v6.7 and I will play > with it to find a solution. > > As I compiled Scribus 1.3.9 myself ( with your help and the patient > help of others in the list ) under an operating system no longer > supported, I do not want to update my Scribus installation, if I can > avoid this step.
i guess that your image does not have enough resolution to be used for print... you probably need to use a bigger image... i don't think that there is any problem with the conversion or scribus. ciao a.l.e ciao a.l.e
